The best part of the night was Fatu bouncing the chair off the wWE “official” who acted like he was dead. That guy did a great job selling!
I’ve never ‘got’ Jey either. The crowd is really into him, seems like, but there’s just nothing there, IMHO.
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I’ve never ‘got’ Jey either. The crowd is really into him, seems like, but there’s just nothing there, IMHO.
So they hotshotted the Toni Storm amnesia gimmick last night. Tony can’t help himself.
I may go to my grave believing Vince is feeding Tony ideas. While Storm is creative, that entire thing screams 'Sports Entertainment', same with Jericho's run. We went from AEW fans mocking Sports Entertainment like their fandom is above it to the owner worshipping Jericho's bad ideas and fans adoring Storm's various gimmicks and over the top acting storylines. Somehow WWE has become more realistic while AEW has plunged into the waters of Sports Entertainment.
Fans were overdramatic and said men were murdered in a backstage segment. Too much blood was used but WWE never stated this was some sort of murder scene come to life. It was also one night and besides some fog used, there's nothing paranormal about the group and they haven't been used much since. Even the Viking Raiders, which was a stupid 90s type gimmick was changed. Now they look like regular guys you'd see at Sturgis. Because while Vikings seem cool, wrestlers pretending to be vikings in the 2020's is stupid.
I'm not saying don't like Toni Storm's gimmick changes. I'm saying it's not for me because it goes too far and asks fans to play along too much. Goldust was Sports Entertainment. Toni Storm pretending to be an actress from the 1940's while the screen goes black and white, losing, retiring, then coming back as a rookie only to switch back to a 1940's actress seems pretty Sports Entertainment to me. Reality based wrestling is what AEW promised from the start.
Eh, every wrestling organization that has ever been has some goofy and dumb stuff. Like you said, I guess it is just how much each person, individually can deal with it.
Whether it was done too early or just to drum up interest in the Australia show the Toni Storm- Mariah May segment was the best thing on wrestling TV this weekend. It wasn't even close.
While we don't know if it's 100 viewers or 100,000 because WBD doesn't release official numbers Fightful is reporting AEW shows are among the top viewed sports shows on MAX.
Also being reported the Amazon Prime may start offering AEW PPV's in 2025.
For something different I'll go through everyone who said they wanted to be in the Rumble tomorrow and then do the draw sometime mid-week.
While we don't know if it's 100 viewers or 100,000 because WBD doesn't release official numbers Fightful is reporting AEW shows are among the top viewed sports shows on MAX.
Also being reported the Amazon Prime may start offering AEW PPV's in 2025.
For something different I'll go through everyone who said they wanted to be in the Rumble tomorrow and then do the draw sometime mid-week.
I heard grand slam Australia will be on delay here after a basketball game or something - it’s not even getting proper billing if it’s a big show.
No issue with Toni Storm's gimmick but think they pivoted too early. Just like the the Omega/Osprey tag team.
Draw that shit out a little. Have Omega forgive Osprey over time. Nope they just went straight to it with what should have been a monthly long build. But now lets do this in 20 minutes.
Draw that shit out a little. Have Omega forgive Osprey over time. Nope they just went straight to it with what should have been a monthly long build. But now lets do this in 20 minutes.
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Tony seems like the guy that reads the first page of a book then the cliff notes then the last page of the book.
Alvarez is on record saying now in Australia they are promoting buy one get one free tickets.
Whether it was Tony or WBD they totally messed this thing up. What would make sense is to air it live on Max then show it on TV later that night, but I don't think they are even doing that.
Right now it's supposed to air after NBA All-Star Saturday Night is done.
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